Ancient Greece Vocabulary

A polis was

• a police officer

• a polling place

• a Greek city-state

• the main center of a city

What is a pennisula?

• A body of water

• A landform surrounded on two sides by water

• A landform surrounded on three sides by water

• A landform surrounded on all sides by water

A government by the people is called a

• direct democracy
• democracy
• oligarchy 
• representative democracy 

A form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-making process is 

• direct democracy 
•  democracy
• oligarchy 
• representative democracy

A form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf is 

• democracy
• representative democracy 
• direct democracy
•  oligarchy

Government where only a few wealthy people hold power 

• democracy
• representative democracy
• oligarchy 
• tyrant 

Someone who seizes power and rules with total authority 

• philosopher
• tyrant 
•  oracle
• city-state

Who were the ancient people who lived on the island of Crete and built a grand palace in the city of Knossos?

• Minoans
• Romans
• Persians
• Spartans

What ancient civilization eventually replaced the Minoans as the major power in the Aegean sea, after the Minoan civilization disappeared?

• Romans
• Spartans
• Persians
• Mycenaeans

what is a hilltop in a Greek city state called? 

(It housed a fort and a temple to the city-state's local god or goddess)

• Agriculture
• Thermopylae
• Acropolis
• Ephor